The Mexican Cartels aren't any different than the Italian Mafias or any organized crime group in the sense of honor, code of ethics etc. in some instances better. All of the people being beheaded or castrated are rivals killing rivals they don't do that to innocent people and it's actually very taboo/frowned upon in the Mexican underworld to hurt innocents in any way. Extortions or and kidnapping for ransom are the worst you can do in Mexican underworld and could/will lead you to your death depending on the state or city you're on. A lot of the people killed in Mexico are cartel enforcers killing each other and their affiliates.
I'm not sure where you get your information but it's wrong. The cartels have killed plenty of innocent people.
For example, Arturo Beltran Leyva gunmen retaliated against a Mexican marines' family, killing his mother, aunt, sister, and severely wounding another sister.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/23/mexican-marines-family-gunned-downOr how about the U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were killed by the Juarez cartel while driving with their baby in the back seat?
http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Two-Americans-killed-in-Cuidad-Juarez-Obama-outraged-87617937.htmlOr how about the 72 immigrants from South America who were killed by the Zetas?
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/2...d-by-los-zetas/Or how about the female newspaper distributor recently killed by an offshoot of the Beltran Leyva cartel?
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation...istributor.htmlI could go on and on. Yes, there are plenty of independents killing innocents as well but it's not like the cartels are squeaky clean and only kill each other. You need to get your facts right.
